Seaford Students Collect Toys For The Community

From Seaford Schools: Toys, mittens and hats are some of the items that the Student Council has been collecting for the holidays at Seaford Harbor Elementary School. The donations will benefit the local John Theissen Children’s Foundation, which supports sick and underprivileged kids.

Student Council members have been promoting the holiday drives, encouraging their classmates to donate. Adviser Kerry Hansen, a fifth-grade teacher, said the school has a long-standing partnership with the foundation, as it has been collecting toys for years. The winter accessory drive started last year. After the collections end, the Student Council will visit the John Theissen Children’s Foundation’s Family Fun Center in Wantagh to drop off all the items and tour the facility. Ms. Hansen said that she hopes it spurs in the children a desire to volunteer as they get older.

Seaford Manor Elementary School students have been in the giving spirit leading up the holidays. The Student Council organized a toy drive, with donations benefitting both Toys for Tots and the John Theissen Children’s Foundation. Students made posters which were hung throughout the school encouraging their classmates to donate toys for children of all ages. Student Council advisers Sam Simon, left, and Jill Egan, right, along with Principal Debra Emmerich were joined by fourth- and fifth-grade members.

“The purpose of the Student Council visiting the center is for them to see the concrete results of giving,” she said.

Photos courtesy of Seaford School District